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Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Photo by IvanPancic
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Vanessa cardui is a well-known colorful butterfly, known as the Painted Lady, or in North America as the Cosmopolitan.

Habitat:

Meadows.Here is the plant Asteraceae and eat nectar.

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Comments (3)
Maria dB
I agree with Ava - beautiful shot with the bee above
Ava T-B
Beautiful! I love that the bee is photo-bombing the picture.
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PublishedMay 22, 2014

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